With the ex-White House Secretary of State Rex Tillerson making his exit from the administration today, the Times opinion section attempted to make a joke out of the change by playing an intentionally-corny montage of all the officials Donald Trump has hired-then-fired since becoming president.

In the clip, a jazzy, ’90s sitcom-esque tune is played alongside Trump’s Apprentice “you’re fired!” catchphrase, as the Times showed clips of the president’s old allies praising him before they were inevitably shown the door.

The cringey video was instantly mocked and ridiculed online, with some suggesting the Times “pivot away from video” and others asking them to just stop trying so hard:

for the love of God the only thing worse than your columns is your pivots to video. it’s embarrassing. stick to concern trolling college students who are willing to fight the fascists you roll over for